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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 10:26 PM
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Cruise control

Can anyone tell me how to trouble shoot my cruise control, or some place I can find it written? It has not worked since I bought the truck (would have been nice to know it wasn't working before I left on that 1000 mile trip to drive it home). It does not do anything. The truck is a 95 F150 with auto tranny.
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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 10:28 PM
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might be the speed sensor on the tranny / transfer case. I just changed mine.
 
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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 10:31 PM
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cruise control

How do I trouble shoot that?
 
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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 10:33 PM
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not sure, mine was physically damaged, pop under the truck and take a look.
 
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Old Sep 28, 2007 | 10:43 PM
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Check my tech gallery titled "Stuff" there are 95 CC wiring diagrams in there. If you need more advice get back to me.
 
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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 06:01 AM
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Check your fuses first.
 
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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 09:02 AM
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The most common problems are

Fuses
Clock spring in steering wheel . But your interior cab stop working.
The fender mounted cruise servo
The switches on wheel themselves

But it could be wiring also or a sensor like said .

Start with fuses , and go from there
 
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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by handsomerob
might be the speed sensor on the tranny / transfer case. I just changed mine.
It is located on the rear end center top, not on/in the "tranny / transfer case".

Make sure the truck has been to a Ford dealer for the recall on the CC disengage switch on the MC. If not this truck could catch FIRE.
The recall is free.
 
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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 12:50 PM
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Originally Posted by subford
It is located on the rear end center top, not on/in the "tranny / transfer case".

Make sure the truck has been to a Ford dealer for the recall on the CC disengage switch on the MC. If not this truck could catch FIRE.
The recall is free.
This was a two part recall. The original part of the recall was to disconect the sensor that tied into the brake system, so that the line was no longer hot, eliminating the chance of fire. Cruise control will not work if this step has been done. The next part was to hook a harness with a fuse and resistor, that would break the circuit if a short occored. This step may not have been done on your truck. Heres a pic of what the harness would look like:
http://s223.photobucket.com/albums/d...DSCN0064-1.jpg
This is the most likely cause. I've had troubles with my speed sensor on my 95, and not only did cruise not work, but neither did the spedometer or odometer.
 
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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 01:10 PM
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mine would work every now and then on my old f150. i took the steering wheel off and the little contact on the clock spring was wore down to practically nothing, and the horn also did not work.
 
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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 08:01 PM
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My Truck is a 1990 and it has the speed sensor for the cruise control in the Tranny/transfer case. The speed sensor on top of the rear diff is for the Rear ABS system. Your truck may be different but this is how mine is setup.
 
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Old Sep 29, 2007 | 08:22 PM
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My Truck is a 1990 and it has the speed sensor for the cruise control in the Tranny/transfer case. The speed sensor on top of the rear diff is for the Rear ABS system. Your truck may be different but this is how mine is setup.
This is true for 1990 but not for 1995.
 
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